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Jerry Neudecker Biography
Jerry NeudeckerAge: 66 last major league umpire to wear a balloon chest protector; American League umpire from 1956–86; his chest protector was sent to the Hall of Fame after his retirement…Goose Gossage Biography
Goose GossageBorn: July 5, 1951Baseball RHP Nine-time All Star (1975-78, 80-82, 84-85); intimidating relief pitcher; Fireman of the Year in 1975 with White Sox and 1978 with Yankees; led AL…Tex Schramm 2003 Deaths
Tex SchrammAge: 83 professional football executive who, as general manager of the Dallas Cowboys, hired coach Tom Landry. The pair led the team to 20 straight winning seasons and two Super…Jerry Harper 2001 Deaths
Jerry HarperAge: 67 center on Alabama's "Rocket Eight" basketball teams of the mid-1950s; team's fives starters and three reserves earned the nickname by compiling records of 19-5 in and 21-3…Habib Bourguiba 2000 Deaths
Habib BourguibaAge: 96 Tunisian liberator who negotiated independence from France in 1956 and served as president from 1957–1997 when he was deposed. A pro-Western moderate, Bourguiba is…Hubert Selby 2004 Deaths
Hubert SelbyAge: 75 writer whose Last Exit to Brooklyn explicitly described the underbelly of Brooklyn during the 1950s, revealing an urban wasteland littered with drugs, gangs, and…Jeff Smith 2004 Deaths
Jeff SmithAge: 65 former minister who reinvented himself as public television's Frugal Gourmet. He wrote a series of best-selling cookbooks. His career came to an abrupt end in 1997, when…Thomas Alva Edison
Thomas Alva Edison Born: 1847Birthplace: Milan, Ohio Electric lampâEdison held 1,093 patents, including those for the incandescent electric lamp, the phonograph, the carbon telephone…Edwin A. Link
Edwin A. LinkBorn: 1904 Link Trainer/Simulator. While working in his father's piano and organ factory, Link was inspired to use organ parts and compressed air to build the first flight…Clarence Birdseye
Clarence BirdseyeBorn: 1886 Food Preservation. During an expedition to Labrador, a young Birdseye observed native fishermen freezing their catch. He later observed that rapid freezing…Trending
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